Sia's back! She's the one trying to get as low as she can as she reintegrates into the group. Silly girl, you were just here.
She even dove underneath the old girl, Percy, who is visiting right now. Percy is a service dog (close to retirement).
Sia was super tired today. She kept falling asleep sitting up and finally decided to lay her head down.
Her nap was short lived though...
There were too many fun things to do, friends to visit with, and, of course, work to do.
We worked for a short while on her sit stays, hoping to build it up some so she can maintain her sits for greetings longer. But today was not the day to work on sit stays. I should have known better. The girl needs fast, exciting things to do on her first day back.
So a little bit of play with Sinbad so we can get her nice and distracted. Sinbad was happy to oblige.
A little bit of Sia's own unique style of agility...
And let's check that recall. Perfect! So fast Sinbad has not even started to move towards me (even though "come" is not his recall word he's knows well enough that there is a big pay off in the end). But Sia clearly beats him to it.
Working on her fast downs throughout play help her to be more responsive and it helps tone down the play if things are getting too rough.
A little side note: Healey and Sia are underneath my desk playing as I type this. I think Sia is finally wearing her down. Looks like Sinbad was missing his playmate because he just coaxed her away with a little game of tug.
Always a touch distracted on her first day back, we went through the whole "It's a bird, it's a plane..." routine. Yes, Sia, it is a bird. Yes, it's a plane. In all seriousness though, she seems far less distracted than usual. I love it when it all starts to come together in their brains.
As sleepy as she was today I thought she would kennel really easy. Not so...maybe just excited to be back and fighting the sleep. We worked a little bit on kenneling but I imagine that will all come together later this week as the excitement of being here wears off a bit.
One thing is for sure, it's great to have her back. I just love that Sia girl!
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